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Grade 6 Reading 6.9.B.  - Word Meanings - Pre-test



Matching
 
 
Match each word to its multiple meanings:
a.
bar
b.
check
c.
play
d.
watch
e.
march
 

 1. 

-something you wear on your wrist to tell time
-to look at (as in "to ______ TV")
 

 2. 

-a small hand-held quantity of hard soap
-what you "high jump" over
 

 3. 

-a dramatic entertainment ("the class ________")
-to take part in a game or activity
 

 4. 

-a mark beside your answer on a test
-a pattern in clothing
-to look carefully ("check it out")
 

 5. 

-the third month of the year
-to step together in rhythm
-a group of people "marching" together
 
 
Match each word to its multiple meanings:
a.
bar
b.
check
c.
play
d.
watch
e.
march
 

 6. 

-a dramatic entertainment ("the class ________")
-to take part in a game or activity
 

 7. 

-a mark beside your answer on a test
-a pattern in clothing
-to look carefully ("check it out")
 

 8. 

-the third month of the year
-to step together in rhythm
-a group of people "marching" together
 

 9. 

-a small hand-held quantity of hard soap
-what you "high jump" over
 

 10. 

-something you wear on your wrist to tell time
-to look at (as in "to ______ TV")
 
 
Match each word to its multiple meanings:
a.
bar
b.
check
c.
play
d.
watch
e.
march
 

 11. 

-the third month of the year
-to step together in rhythm
-a group of people "marching" together
 

 12. 

-a mark beside your answer on a test
-a pattern in clothing
-to look carefully ("check it out")
 

 13. 

-a dramatic entertainment ("the class ________")
-to take part in a game or activity
 

 14. 

-something you wear on your wrist to tell time
-to look at (as in "to ______ TV")
 

 15. 

-a small hand-held quantity of hard soap
-what you "high jump" over
 



 
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